Battle of Wolf Mountain | |||||||
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Part of the Great Sioux War of 1876 | |||||||
A photoprint of an illustration of the Battle of Wolf Mountain that appeared in the May 5, 1877 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States |
Sioux Cheyenne | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Nelson A. Miles |
Crazy Horse Two Moon | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
436 | ~500 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 killed 8 wounded [2] |
3 killed[3] Unknown wounded |
The Battle of Wolf Mountain (also known as the Battle of the Wolf Mountains, Miles's Battle on the Tongue River, the Battle of the Butte, Where Big Crow Walked Back and Forth, and called the Battle of Belly Butte by the Northern Cheyenne) was fought on January 8, 1877, by soldiers of the United States Army against Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors during the Great Sioux War of 1876. The battle was fought in southern Montana Territory, about four miles southwest of modern-day Birney, Montana, along the Tongue River.[4]
In 2001, the Wolf Mountains Battlefield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places,[5] and was raised to the status of National Historic Landmark in 2008.[6]